Re: [PATCH] build: ruby: Install executables in /bin.

[David Thompson]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> David Thompson <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> From af6a7e03fc6debea314b88d616d035acc1b6ed50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: David Thompson <address@hidden>
>> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:03:20 -0500
>> Subject: [PATCH] build: ruby: Install executables in /bin.
>>
>> * guix/build/ruby-build-system.scm (install): Add '--bindir' flag to gem
>>   command.
>
> Sounds good.
>
> Do you know what the rationale is for bindir to default to
> lib/ruby/gems/X.Y?  Parallel-installability?

I don't know exactly, but it seems like parallel-installability.  Each
gem is installed to a directory that corresponds to its name + version,
so it would make sense.  I also read somewhere that OS X also configures
'gem' to use /usr/local/bin (I think) as the bindir.

> That makes the search path specification for $PATH useless, right?

Yup.  :)

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